Newsletter:Harvard Education Letter / Technology
Articles on this page explore ways that technology is transforming education—from organizing classrooms and structuring lessons to motivating students and helping them overcome barriers to learning. This section shows how teachers and administrators are using new technologies to surmount the constraints of pencil-and-paper learning in brick-and-mortar schools.
21st Century Learning
21st century teaching and learning focuses on 21st century student outcomes (a blending of specific skills, content knowledge, expertise and literacies) with innovative support systems to help students master the multi-dimensional abilities required of them in the 21st century. Key elements of 21st century learning are represented in the graphic below. The graphic represents both 21st century skills student outcomes (as represented by the arches of the rainbow) and 21st century skills support systems (as represented by the pools at the bottom).
Inquiry-Based Learning and Project-Based Learning
On-line workshop on inquiry-based learning, also called project-based learning [PBL]. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying.
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University, adjunct professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and chairman of the steering committee of the graduate school's Project Zero.
He has written twenty books and hundreds of articles and is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which holds that intelligence goes far beyond the traditional verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical measurements. Here he discusses student-directed learning, multiple intelligences, and a different approach to assessment.
Instructional Best Practices
Newsletter: Harvard Education Letter / TechnologyArticles on this page explore ways that technology is transforming education—from organizing classrooms and structuring lessons to motivating students and helping them overcome barriers to learning. This section shows how teachers and administrators are using new technologies to surmount the constraints of pencil-and-paper learning in brick-and-mortar schools.
21st Century Learning
21st century teaching and learning focuses on 21st century student outcomes (a blending of specific skills, content knowledge, expertise and literacies) with innovative support systems to help students master the multi-dimensional abilities required of them in the 21st century. Key elements of 21st century learning are represented in the graphic below. The graphic represents both 21st century skills student outcomes (as represented by the arches of the rainbow) and 21st century skills support systems (as represented by the pools at the bottom).
Inquiry-Based Learning and Project-Based Learning
On-line workshop on inquiry-based learning, also called project-based learning [PBL]. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying.
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University, adjunct professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and chairman of the steering committee of the graduate school's Project Zero.
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-howard-gardner-video
He has written twenty books and hundreds of articles and is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which holds that intelligence goes far beyond the traditional verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical measurements. Here he discusses student-directed learning, multiple intelligences, and a different approach to assessment.